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Granddaughter Got Choked

dav1965
Charlotte is 4 years old and (my 4th grandkid) i cut up her chicken for her and she got choked.

While she was choking everybody sat there looking at each other. The kid was making no sounds and the only thing she was doing was having tears come out of her eyes.

I picked her up and turned her upside down and hit her in her back. Nothing happened so i hit her harder and it popped out.

After it popped out she gave me some big hugs.

Thats the 3rd time i have had people choke around me and i had to do something.

The only time i got scared was when my granddaughter Lauren (my second grandkid) was about 1 month old and decided she would stop breathing for no reason.

Im lucky, where i used to work at before i got sick they had a program set up with the state of NC to become a journeyman in facilities maintenance. It has 4 levels and after level 2 they make you become a first responder in fire and emt.

The first time you go through the course its 2 weeks fire and 2 weeks emt. After that its just a 2 week class for everything.

Im grateful for the training.
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  • Horse Plains Drifter
    Glad everything worked out for the good, Dave!
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  • hillbille
    when grandson was little one of the few things he would eat was hotdogs, we had this happen to him, scares the crap out of you, learned to cut em in half lengthwise from then on, glad all is good, better give her another hug just for safe keeping.....
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  • yoshmyster
    Hey you're supposed to wait for 911 to show up. Like we're suppose to call the cops and wait.

    So back slapping worked huh? I think your people needs to go and take Heimlich class. Might as well take a first aide class and make it a day of it.
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  • bustedknee
    I'm concerned with this effect you have on people that causes them to choke?
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  • montanajoe
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    Thankful it turned out well. So scary.
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  • Mobuck
    I'd have to say that the worst experience would be looking into a parent's eyes and telling them their child is dead because they failed to learn or perform such a simple act as clearing an airway.
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  • jwb267
    I have only used the Heimlich maneuver once. it was on my dog while she was eating. she came running to me and used the same universal sign as humans. she was scratching at her throat and mouth
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  • Horse Plains Drifter
    yoshmyster wrote:
    Hey you're supposed to wait for 911 to show up. Like we're suppose to call the cops and wait.

    Yep, any time you actually do something yourself, they say "let the authorities handle it."
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  • nmyers
    In 30 years of EMS, I've had a surprisingly large number of choking calls. In most cases, the patient has been saved by a bystander with some training, no matter how recent. I believe that the Heimlich is taught as part of the Citizen CPR courses, & that has saved a lot of people.

    I don't think anyone should have a baby unless they have first completed a first aid course. If a woman (or her prospective baby daddy) doesn't have the time or the brains to take a course, she needs to stay on the pill --- until she reaches menopause.

    One tip they don't teach: Do not feed a little one who is running around --- have the kid sit still. It's too easy for children to partially swallow a hunk of food & get an airway obstruction.

    Neal
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  • bustedknee
    And never, ever hand a small (hungry) child a weiner.
    It is the perfect-size throat plug!
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